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Saturday, January 5, 2013

185,000 Less People On Food Stamps

According
to
the latest U.S. Department of Agricultural report released on January 4, 2012, the number of U.S. participants in the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or
also referred to as Food Stamps) dropped by 184,954 participants in October 2012 after hitting an all-time record high of 47,710,324
for the month of September 2012.

The total number of food stamp participants for October 2012 was 47,525,329, or 22,973,657
households, with an average per person benefit of $133.48 per month.

Before the drop in October, over 600,000 new Food Stamps participants were added in just one month from August
2012 to September 2012. There were about 32 million
Americans on Food Stamps when President Barack Obama took office in
January 2009.